A minimum of $1,000,000 for Russian War Relief during the year, “with the hope that this will be doubled,” was pledged last night at the first anniversary conference of The Jewish Council for Russian War Relief, at the Hotel Commodore.
The 1,100 delegates representing 550 Jewish organizations at the conference adopted resolutions offering full support “not only to our own people but to all the United Nations in the global struggle against the Axis, the greatest enemy human civilization has ever faced.”
Herbert H. Lehmen, director of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation, sent greetings, in which he said that as dispatches steadily enlarge the picture of the heroic accomplishments of the Russian armies, it becomes increasingly obvious that it is important that full and unstinted support be given to work in behalf of Russian War Relief. James N. Rosenberg, one of the leaders of the Joint Distribution Committee, and Nathan Straus; former administrator, United States Housing Authority, also urged generous support of the Russian relief.
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